By default Stellarium uses smooth zooming via mouse wheel or keyboard shortcuts. Some users want stepwise zooming to fixed values for field of view like in Cartes du Ciel planetarium, and this plugin provides this feature. You can edit values and use the keyboard for quick-setting of FOV. All values in degrees.

By default Stellarium uses smooth zooming via mouse wheel or keyboard shortcuts. Some users want stepwise zooming to fixed values for field of view like in Cartes du Ciel planetarium, and this plugin provides this feature. You can edit values and use the keyboard for quick-setting of FOV. All values in degrees.

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==How you can help==

==How you can help==

We are welcome bug reports, feature requests and feedback through the usual channels (trackers, forums and so on).

We are welcome bug reports, feature requests and feedback through the usual channels (trackers, forums and so on).

Revision as of 05:50, 8 February 2014

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Description

The Field of View plugin allows stepwise zooming via keyboard shortcuts like in the Cartes du Ciel[1] planetarium program.

By default Stellarium uses smooth zooming via mouse wheel or keyboard shortcuts. Some users want stepwise zooming to fixed values for field of view like in Cartes du Ciel planetarium, and this plugin provides this feature. You can edit values and use the keyboard for quick-setting of FOV. All values in degrees.

Using the Field of View plugin

Enable the tool by clicking the tool-bar button "Load at startup"

Press shortkeys for quick changes of FOV

Section [fov] in config.ini file

You can edit config.ini file by yourself for changes of the settings for the Field of View plugin - just make it carefully!

ID

Type

Version

Description

Plugin

Stellarium

fov_quick_0

float

0.1.0+

0.13.0+

Value of FOV for the shortcut "Ctrl+Alt+0"

fov_quick_1

float

0.1.0+

0.13.0+

Value of FOV for the shortcut "Ctrl+Alt+1"

fov_quick_2

float

0.1.0+

0.13.0+

Value of FOV for the shortcut "Ctrl+Alt+2"

fov_quick_3

float

0.1.0+

0.13.0+

Value of FOV for the shortcut "Ctrl+Alt+3"

fov_quick_4

float

0.1.0+

0.13.0+

Value of FOV for the shortcut "Ctrl+Alt+4"

fov_quick_5

float

0.1.0+

0.13.0+

Value of FOV for the shortcut "Ctrl+Alt+5"

fov_quick_6

float

0.1.0+

0.13.0+

Value of FOV for the shortcut "Ctrl+Alt+6"

fov_quick_7

float

0.1.0+

0.13.0+

Value of FOV for the shortcut "Ctrl+Alt+7"

fov_quick_8

float

0.1.0+

0.13.0+

Value of FOV for the shortcut "Ctrl+Alt+8"

fov_quick_9

float

0.1.0+

0.13.0+

Value of FOV for the shortcut "Ctrl+Alt+9"

Version history

Plug-in version

Stellarium version

Significant changes

0.1.0

0.13.0

First public version of plugin

How you can help

We are welcome bug reports, feature requests and feedback through the usual channels (trackers, forums and so on).